Paris MLK Long Weekend

After a day and a half back, niece and I took the train to paris for a weekend. Getting to the train was beyond stressful as we had trouble finding a parking garage that would work for the weekend (tough to do when you can't read german), rode subway lacking the right ticket, then ran through the stuttgart subway and main train station and go to our seat with 5 minutes to spare. Don't want to do that again!

Weather was marginal in Paris, but it was still fun seeing the sights.

Holiday Break

Flew "home" to Seattle Dec. 18th, which took 24 hours instead of 14 due to stuttgart to paris flight cancelled with snowstorm in Paris. I then spent a few days home before teh family flew to Miami to be with my parents for a week and a half (planned this before taking stuttgart job). On Jan 1st we put the boys on the plane home in miami, and the next day Elaine and I, along with my parents, spent a week at Punta Cana Dominican Republic for a great time in the sun. After all that flew back to seattle, one day home, then back to Stuttgart with niece Renae in tow for 5 weeks of a european winter adventure (another cancelled flight for a long day back).

I officially moved into the house on a Wednesday when I arrived back in Stuttgart. Had about 8" of snow on the car where it was stored, and had to shovel the driveway to get into the house garage.

1/2 of our household goods were delivered to the house the day after arrival in Stuttgart. Then, Friday at work before catching the train to paris........